Iguana hunter: We might as well eat them

[deepwater]

Deepwater...are you sure it was Iguana and not dog or something?

Richard

yeah, sure, not sure if I've eaten dog though, been to China, Vietnam, S. Korea, Japan, and China Town... but I've heard it's tough.
I'm sure I've had iguana and cat though. (cat is just like rabbit, though I didn't know that's what I was eating at the time or I would have left it alone).

yum, yum,   

[Kid Shelleen]

I had dog tacos from a street vendor in Monterey Mexico.

I never would have known it, but my hosts stopped their 5 y/o American niece from eating the tacos for fear that she might get sick. I thought that they were messing with the gringo, but my good friend and father to the 5 y/o assured me that they were 100% serious. He stopped eating them too.

I had already eaten 2 so I went ahead and finished the third. Spicy ground meat in a corn tortilla with fresh cabbage, onion and cillantro. What's not to like. I did not get even slightly sick.

Yo quiero tacos de perro.

[deepwater]

I had dog tacos from a street vendor in Monterey Mexico.

I never would have known it, but my hosts stopped their 5 y/o American niece from eating the tacos for fear that she might get sick. I thought that they were messing with the gringo, but my good friend and father to the 5 y/o assured me that they were 100% serious. He stopped eating them too.

I had already eaten 2 so I went ahead and finished the third. Spicy ground meat in a corn tortilla with fresh cabbage, onion and cillantro. What's not to like. I did not get even slightly sick.

Yo quiero tacos de perro.

I've been around a time or five, and honestly don't know what all I've e't when I'm overseas and drunk (this includes Peru).
but I must say that the only food I won't eat, is Broccoli!

[Kid Shelleen]

I've been around a time or five, and honestly don't know what all I've e't when I'm overseas and drunk (this includes Peru).
but I must say that the only food I won't eat, is Broccoli!

I'm with you on that one Deepwater. To quote Seinfeld's Newman, "Vile weed."

I grew up in Ireland and I've been fortunate to travel extensively outside the States. I've never met a dish that I won't sample. I'll try anything at least once.

Quick and funny story. I was a scuba instructor on the side, while working at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. I took a group, made up only of nurses and surgeons, on a dive trip to Cozumel, Mexico. Our dive shop booked trips and always had at least one instructor lead the trip. When out of the country, I eat and drink anything that I want. In Mexico, I eat ceviche, fresh veggies, drink the water etcetera. The docs & nurses on this trip were loaded up with antibiotics, anti-diarrheals, stomach meds, you name it. They were very careful about what they ate and drank, being super cautious to drink only bottled water. Several of the divers in my group told me that my attitude about the food and water were foolish.

I was up very early one morning (about 05:30) and went outside the hotel to meet with the dive boat operator, who was taking us out for the day. I watched as some of the hotel staff were filling the 5 gallon "bottled water" cooler jugs from outside water hoses. This was about the 3rd or 4th day of the trip. I just chuckled and kept it to myself. For several days, my dive group had been very carefully drinking only the "bottled water"  and refilling their water bottles for the daily dives.

[Ping]

Kill all pythons in Florida, period!!! They are not native and need to be euthanized so as to not intefere further with the native habitat.

[Sponsor]

[deepwater]

I'm with you on that one Deepwater. To quote Seinfeld's Newman, "Vile weed."

I grew up in Ireland and I've been fortunate to travel extensively outside the States. I've never met a dish that I won't sample. I'll try anything at least once.

Quick and funny story. I was a scuba instructor on the side, while working at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. I took a group, made up only of nurses and surgeons, on a dive trip to Cozumel, Mexico. Our dive shop booked trips and always had at least one instructor lead the trip. When out of the country, I eat and drink anything that I want. In Mexico, I eat ceviche, fresh veggies, drink the water etcetera. The docs & nurses on this trip were loaded up with antibiotics, anti-diarrheals, stomach meds, you name it. They were very careful about what they ate and drank, being super cautious to drink only bottled water. Several of the divers in my group told me that my attitude about the food and water were foolish.

I was up very early (about 05:30) and went outside the hotel to meet with the dive boat operator, who was taking us out for the day. I watched as some of the hotel staff were filling the 5 gallon "bottled water" cooler jugs from outside water hoses. This was about the 3rd or 4th day of the trip. I just chuckled and kept it to myself. For several days, my dive group had been very carefully drinking only the "bottled water"  and refilling their water bottles for the daily dives.

yeah, most tourists over do it. the more bacteria in yer gut the better you'll be. anymore, the sickest I get is when I have some kind of infection and take antibiotics. it kills all the (or most) of the good (digestive) bacteria and you get diarrhea real quick. also, water, I am careful about, Peru had a recent (past ten years) outbreak of cholera that was traced back to the water. I boil.  

[deepwater]

Kill all pythons in Florida, period!!! They are not native and need to be euthanized so as to not intefere further with the native habitat.

has anyone here tasted Python? I'm willing if anyone gets a kill.

[tombogan03884]

"They are not native and need to be euthanized so as to not intefere further with the native habitat."

Ping, Lighten up Dude, you could say the same thing about all the people except the Seminoles.  

I hear what you are saying though, anything that eats gators WHOLE, does not make a good neighbor.

[Pathfinder]

"They are not native and need to be euthanized so as to not intefere further with the native habitat."

Ping, Lighten up Dude, you could say the same thing about all the people except the Seminoles.  

I hear what you are saying though, anything that eats gators WHOLE, does not make a good neighbor.

Actually, you can say it about the Seminoles too. Humans are NOT native to the Americas - they all came here in migrations from elsewhere. I like the Canadians' reference over the US' name - First Peoples instead of Native Americans - ain't no such thing as "Native Americans".

Agreed on the python all the way around - whack 'em if they ain't native.

[PegLeg45]

has anyone here tasted Python? I'm willing if anyone gets a kill.

I'd try it.......rattlesnake tastes pretty good.